London has been battered by 50mph winds that have felled trees and caused travel chaos. Powerful gusts swept across the capital as the Met Office issued a yellow "be aware" weather alert for most of the country.

Riccardo Chailly and his Gewandhausorchester Leipzig launched their series with the Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, and Chailly mined the centuries-long tradition of north German rigour and spiritual gravitas embodied in the work